Olliance Group provides independent perspective and insight into open source related mergers & acquisitions and investment advisory services. We assist you throughout your merger or acquisition, facilitate the close of the transaction and develop integration plans.
Planning, Valuation, Due Diligence and Acquisition Integration
Olliance Group’s M&A practice is designed to work with any organization looking to acquire open source companies or technologies, assess proprietary acquisition targets’ open source assets and liabilities (including its open source community), and help develop plans for integrating open source businesses and products into existing operations.
Planning
Olliance Group will help you understand the business case and strategic rationale for or against a deal. The Olliance M&A Business Assessment Valuation summary will provide you with the selection criteria for an acquisition target, prepare a make vs. buy decision, create a valuation analysis, conduct an IP analysis, develop an acquisition timeline, conduct an organizational culture assessment, and provide advice and planning on integrating the acquisition with your existing operations or portfolio.
Due Diligence
Due diligence is one of the most important aspects of any M&A transaction. All facets of the impact of a merger or acquisition must be properly assessed prior to the event, not afterwards. Acquirers must conduct a comprehensive due diligence investigation to ensure the strategic, financial and community success of an acquisition and fulfill corporate governance and fiduciary responsibilities. One of the most vital assets you are acquiring is an open source community. Olliance’s experience in open source will enable you to evaluate the depth and quality of any community, and take steps to ensure that the community stays with the company you are purchasing.
Acquisition Integration
There’s a lot more to every business than its financials. The Olliance Group M&A team is skilled in acquisition integration. This work starts before the M&A transaction is completed. Olliance works with your integration team to ensure that the strategic goals are met between the parties and that each team has a clear KPI (key performance index) to ensure that corporate and community performance goals are met for each transaction.
Key elements include:
- Market research, analysis and competitive assessment
- Financial and valuation analysis
- Target identification and qualification
- Product and technology due diligence
- Open source community assessment and valuation
- Community and technology integration planning
